Men in a Boat

Images of mine sediment which has been dumped into the Ok Tedi river by the mining process of Ok Tedi mine, Kiunga. The mine sediment is the result of copper and gold mining and contains amongst other chemicals iron pyrites which are poisonous to the eco-system. These images are shot outside Dome village which is a village traditionally dependent on the natural world.

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Unique identifier: GP01PEJ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/01/2009

Locations: Lake Murray, Oceania, Papua New Guinea

Credit line: © Brent Stirton / Reportage by Getty Images

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Documenting Lake Murray Papua New Guinea

Lake Murray is a region where people have lived lives in harmony with nature for centuries. People make their living by hunting, farming, fishing, and growing rubber trees and now also with Eco-forestry. Their life-styles are dependent on the harmony between them and nature and they are trying to ensure a sustainable relationship for future generations. This has been complicated and compromised by the interventions of both international mining and logging groups over the last few decades but local community resistance is growing as rising anger mounts at the environmental damage done to rivers and forests which form the backbone of the village survival system.

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